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	<title>Aqua Vitae</title>
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	<description>repository of beer and whisky related ramblings</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Trendy homebrewer</title>
		<link>http://aquavitae.litmusdesigns.com/?p=209</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Homebrew]]></category>

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		<title>50lb malt kiln</title>
		<link>http://aquavitae.litmusdesigns.com/?p=207</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Homebrew]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[malting]]></category>

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		<title>New addition to the library</title>
		<link>http://aquavitae.litmusdesigns.com/?p=205</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:06:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Homebrew]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[malt]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[malting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Zymurgy Magazine Special Issue 1985 All-Grain

The Homebrewer&#8217;s Garden, which has some good info on malting, lead me to Zymurgy&#8217;s 1985 issue on all grain, which has a pretty good description of a home-made steeper and kiln.
The mid-80&#8217;s haircuts and clothing are pretty interesting, too&#8230;
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		<title>Golden Bitter - Batch 2</title>
		<link>http://aquavitae.litmusdesigns.com/?p=202</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Homebrew]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Golden Bitter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My second attempt at the Golden Bitter has been very successful so far. It&#8217;s the first batch which I&#8217;ve brewed utilizing the many new additions to the brewhouse (BeerAlchemy, magnetic stir plate, cooler mash tun w/ false bottom, pH meter, refractometer, pump aeration system).

Starting mash temp was exact after calculating the Thermal Mass of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cider Carbonation</title>
		<link>http://aquavitae.litmusdesigns.com/?p=203</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Homebrew]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve bottle the second 3 gal batch of cider—the non-oaked 1/2 of the cultured yeast batch. I&#8217;m priming it for 3.75 Vols C02  (the approx. carbonation of wheat beer) or 1.48oz cane sugar/gal.
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		<title>10gal Cooler Mash Tun Thermal Mass</title>
		<link>http://aquavitae.litmusdesigns.com/?p=197</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Beer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Golden Bitter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Calculated Thermal Mass: 1lb 8oz 
Total water: 4 Gal
Strike temp: 170º
Room temp: 75º
Rest time: 5 min
Final temp: 166º

In BeerAlchemy open Calculators &#62; Mash Calcs
In Strike Temperature:

Tun T/M: 0
Grist Weigh: 0
Liquor Vol: 4 gal
Room Temp: 75º
Mash Temp: 166º


Tun T/M to get Strike Temp = 170º: 1lb 80z

adapted from this post 
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		<title>~150lbs of Unmalted Grains</title>
		<link>http://aquavitae.litmusdesigns.com/?p=198</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Homebrew]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[barley]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[malt]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[malting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[triticale]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[wheat]]></category>

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Let the malting experiment begin!
Keith has procured a small bit of grain for us to begin experiment malting grains with. We have a few different projects planned for the barley, wheat and triticale. We&#8217;ll probably begin with a couple batches of wheat beers for testing the process.
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		<title>Cider Status</title>
		<link>http://aquavitae.litmusdesigns.com/?p=196</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Hard Cider]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cider]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[2 3-gal batches: 3.6brix (~.995FG) - Transferring to new carboys and adding 2.50z of oak chips to one
1 6-gal batch: 3.6brix (~.995FG) - transferring to new 5gal carboy. Will split and add oak to 1/2 next week.
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		<title>Black Lager - back (pt 2)</title>
		<link>http://aquavitae.litmusdesigns.com/?p=195</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Homebrew]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[dunkel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I repitched the Black Lager with a German Ale yeast and let it rest for three days and then bottled it. It doesn&#8217;t seem to have suffered any ill effects from sitting in the primary fermenter for MONTHS. I suspect being held at 48°F for the whole time gave me a bit more leeway. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black Lager - back from the dead</title>
		<link>http://aquavitae.litmusdesigns.com/?p=194</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 23:42:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Homebrew]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[dunkel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m going to repitch the black lager with a Kolsch yeast (WL) in anticipation of bottling the batch. I assume, since the beer has been sitting dormant in the freezer for months, the yeast is weak, if not dead.
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